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PROSPECTUS 



.OF.... 



The Maumee Valley 




Pioneer and Historical 
Association. 




MORRISON REMICK WAITE. 
Born 1816. Pioneer Attorney at Maumee, 1835. Appoint- 
ed and took oath of office as Chief Justice of the Unitf d 
States March 4. 1874. Served until death at Washington. 
D. C, March 3, 1888. Buried at Woodlawn 'Jemeterv. 
Toledo, Ohio. 



INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 
22nd, 1902. 

o 

TRUSTEES, 1905. 

James M. Wolcott Continue One Year 

O F. Chapman " " " 

D. C. Van Vorhes " " 

Wm. Corlett Continue Two Years 

C W. Shoemaker ...... " 

John B. Wilson 

D. K. Hollknbeck . . . Continue Three Years 
Chas. O. Brigham. ... " " " 

J. L. Pray 



ORGANIZATION. 



President — D. K. Hollenbeck . • Perrysburg, (). 
Vice-President — Wm Corlett. . Water vi lie, O. 

Treasurer — A. F. Mitchell Toledo, 0. 

Secretary — J. L. Pray Toledo, <). 



ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 22nd. 

Annual Dues $ 1. 00 

Life Membership 20.00 




PETER NAVARRE 

As i ne Scout of General Harrison, War of lHJ 15. 



THE 

MAIMEE VALLEY PIONEER 

ASSOCIATION 

Was organized in Toledo in 1864. Its first 
President was General John E. Hunt, and its 
next was Peter Nevarre. Its membership was 
composed principally of the genuine pioneer 
element of the valley — composed of men and 
women who* were foremost in bringing the wild 
home-land of the red man up to the beautiful 
valley we now behold — men and women whose 
lives, energies and virtues have developed this 
portion of God's country and made it so beauti- 
ful to behold and delightful to occupy. 

Annual reunions of the Association were regu- 
larly held, at which historical and patriotic ad- 
dresses were delivered, memorial letters read and 
reminiscences recited, all of which ^ were greatly 
enjoyed by the assembled patriotic people. 

Among the Association's most earnest and en- 
thusiastic members were Morrison R. Waite, Em- 
ery D. Potter, D. W. H. Howard, Dennison B. 
Smith, Thomas Dunlap, Asher Cook, Wm. P. 
Edgerton and a host of others whose names 
are revered and are indelibly stamped on the 
history and the development of the Maumee Val- 
ley. These honored pioneer people have nearly 
all passed away, and it has been found that the 
results of a mere social organization will not 
bring about a much desired result, one which 
should be an essential feature of pioneer or- 
ganizations, objects and works, viz., in the pre- 
serving of the valued records of past events, the 
marking of the graves of our honored dead and 
the caring for the grounds made sacred by their 
gallant achievements, and the deposit therein of 
their sainted dust. Active and earnest work has 
been made by many members in the effort to in- 
terest the National Government and thereby pro- 
cure an appropriation sufficient to secure and pre- 



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serve such grounds, but their worthy efforts 
have been wholly fruitless, and it has b< en 
thoroughly demonstrated that government aid 
could under no circumstances be obtained. Year 

after year the graves of these fallen heroes have 
remained unmarked and totally uncared for and 
neglected. For the purpose of bringing about 
more practical results and of securing more sub- 
stantial evidence of sn appreciation of the 
services of these men for humanity, and more 
particularly for the people of the Maumee Val- 
ley — yea. for the people of the great Northwest — 
the Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Asso- 
ciation was organized and duly incorporated un- 
der the Ohio State Laws at Toledo, February 22, 
1902. 

Every member was and is a member of the 
Pioneer Association, and are men engaged in 
the industrial walks of life, and give of their 
time and means, without compensation, and serve 
wholly from those patriotic motives which 
prompt men everywhere who are deeply inter- 
ested in our country's good name and success. 
The firing line was at once established, commit- 
tees were formed to take charge of and look 
after each special feature of the valley history, 
and the work is being carried on with an earn- 
est hope of reclaiming for all time all the prin- 
cipal historic land-marks of the Maumee Valley 

Generous and patriotic citi/ens have already 
responded to the solicitation of the Executive 

Committee to that extent that the Association 
iias received and disbursed cash contributions to 
the amount of eleven hundred and fifty dollars. 
Some have subscribed one, some ten and some 
one hundred fold. 

108 persons have subscribed $ 1.00 each 

7 persons have subscribed 5.00 each 

2 persons have subscribed to.oo each. 

20 persons have subscribed 20.00 each 

7 persons have subscribed 100.00 each. 

1 person has subscribed 50.00 

1 person has subscribed 25.00 



MEMBERSHIP. 

Twenty or more dollars from one party secures 
a life membership free thereafter from all dues. 
Parties subscribing less than twenty dollars are 
subject to annual dues of one dollar, but all sub- 
scriptions above one dollar and less than twenty 
are applied as annual dues. All subscriptions 
and fees are received as free-will offerings and 
are the only sources of income relied upon by 
the Association. Mr. J. L. Pray, Secretary of the 
Association, residing at 923 'Prospect Ave., To- 
ledo, will acknowledge any contributions that are 
made,* or the Treasurer, Mr. A. F. Mitchell, 
Cashier of the Northern National Bank, Toledo, 
will receive any sum offered and gladly pro- 
cure from the Secretary (Mr. Pray) a proper 
acknowledgment of the same. 



Division of Objects of the Associa 
=tion's Work.= 



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The Battle of Fallen Timber. 

One of the most momentous events in the his- 
tory of Ohio, and indeed of the whole North- 
west, was the Battle of Fallen Timber, which 
took place on the banks of the Maumee, August 
20th, 1794. Here General Anthony Wayne, the 
Revolutionary hero of Stony Point, with Todd, 
Barber, Scott and Price fought the combined In- 
dian forces of Blue Jacket, Little Turtle, Cald- 
well and McKee and routed them, and by this 
victory crushed Indian hostilities in the whole 
Northwest, and enabled white settlers to enter 
and accupy this great section of our country 
without material opposition. Ground at Fallen 
Timber battlefield has been generously contrib- 
uted, and the Association has replaced and sub- 
stantially mounted on a cement founudation the 



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celebrated Turkey Fool Rock, on which the brave 
Messassa stood while urging on a forlorn hope 
of his Indian forces, and on which he was shot 




GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE. 
War 1812 15. 

dead and fell at the close of that battle. The 
rock has been encircled with a strong iron 
teiiec. Still further work of improvement is 
contemplated by the committee in charge which 
i- composed of the following members: 

• has. W SHOEMAKER, Chairman. 
PRANK VAN FLEET, 
o. W. BALLOTJ 
GEO. W. BLAKER, 
C1IAS. o. BRIGHAM 



Ft. Meigrs. 

However much is known of the great accom- 
plishments that were achieved by General W. H. 
Harrison and the army of the North-west at Ft. 
Meigs, the unkept grounds and the totally neg- 
lected graves of the patriot dead who are buried 
there does not reflect with credit upon the local 
patriotism of Ohio people, and although nearly 




GENERAL W. H. HARRISON. 
War 1812-15. 



one hundred years have passed since the noble 
deeds and achievements were accomplished there 
by beating back the old time foe and thus leaving 
us a free country. The grounds on which it 
was done, and which has been so nobly hallowed 
by their blood, remains unmarked, and the local 
citizenship has done but little to reclaim it or to 
enable it to be pointed out to coming generations. 



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A portion of the original garrison ground of the 
Fort has been purchased; together with Indian 
Hill on which the fallen Kentuckians are buried 
who fell on the opposite side of Maumee 
River on Dudley Battlefield in the mas- 
sacre of May 5, 1813. The land secured 
is eight and fifty-one hundredths acre-, 
comprising a portion of the extreme north part 
of the garrison and Indian Hill. It is desired 
that Ft. Meigs and the various burial grounds 
shall he fully reclaimed. That the Fort, the 
bastons, the grand traverse, the magazines 
and the rifle pits shall be fully traced and that 
the graves of the brave Pittsburgh Blues, the 
Petersburg (Virginia), volunteers, Col. Dudley's 
brave Kentuckians, and the garrison burial 
ground shall be properly marked and cared for, 
the names of the fallen inscribed in durable let- 
ters that "He who runs may read. - ' The Ft. 
Meigs Committee : 

C. F. CHAPMAN. Chairman, 

D. K. HOLLENBECK, 
ED. E. KINGSBURY, 
JOHN B. WILSON, 
C. W. EVERS. 



Ft. Miami. 

Ft. Miami is associated with the earlier his- 
tory of the Maumee Valley, and had later an 
interesting afsociation with the forces under 
Wayne, who when in pursuit of the routed In- 
dians from the battlefield of Fallen Timber pass- 
ed under its guns, and General Wayne took occa- 
sion to vigorously protest to its English com- 
mandent for its occupancy by English soldiers 
on American soil, and later when under Proctor's 
command it had stamped on its record the in- 
famy of butchery of prisoners from Dudley's com- 
mand. These facts so connect the Fori with tne 
sacrifices and the heroism displayed by American 
soldiers in the Maumee Valley, that we should 
if possible preserve the works of that well de- 



fined earth work. The following named per- 
sons are a committee in charge of all interests 
that may develop connected with the Fort : 

A. M. WOOLSON, 
A. F. MITCHELL, 
F. B. SHOEMAKER, 
J. M. WOLCOTT, 
JOHN H. LLOYD. 



The Maumee Court House, the Indian 
Elm and Dudley's Battle Ground. 

These historic places have each individual his- 
toric interests which appeal to the patriotic pur- 
poses of all those who are deeply concerned in 
preserving the record of the events, and of suit- 
ably marking the places inseparably connected 
with the privileges and prosperity, we who live 
in this favored Maumee Valley enjoy. The early 
organization of Lucas County, and more par- 
ticularly the name and fame of Chief Justice 
Waite, whose first efforts as a lawyer are so as- 
sociated with the old Maumee Court House, 
that it is thereby dear to all who love and honor 
true worth and noble citizenship, as was ex- 
emplified and lived by Morrison R. Waite. 

The Indian Elm noted for its association with 
the siege of Ft. Meigs, and Dudley's Battle 
Ground, being as it is, hallowed by the blood of 
hundreds of brave Kentuckyians who faced the 
trials and suffered the privations of a long march 
through the wilderness then existing between 
their homes and the banks of the Maumee, only 
to meet a horrible death by the hands of a ruth- 
less savage. If no other object appeals to our 
fellow citizens or warrants the purposes of the 
organization of the Maumee Valley Pioneer and 
Historical Association, this should — it strength- 
ens our utmost effort to urge one and all to join 
with heart and hand to assist in suitably mark- 



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ing with enduring granite the public service of 
these men. 
The committee having this work in charge are; 

c. o. brigham, 
justice Mcdonald, 
rev. fk. michailis. 

H. E. RIGGS, 
A. W. ECKERT. 



COPY OF CHARTER 

OF 

1HE MAUMEE VALLEY PIONEER 

AND 

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

STATE OE OHIO. 

These Articles of Incorporation of the Maumee 
Valley Pioneer and Historical Society:' 

WITNESSETH, That we, the undersigned, all 
of whom are citizens of the State of Ohio, de- 
siring to form a corporation, not for profit, under 
the general corporation laws of said State, do 
herehy certify, 

First. The name of said corporation shall he 
The Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical As- 
sociation. 

Second. Said corporation shall be located and 
its principal business transacted at Toledo, in 
Lucas County, Ohio. 

Third. The purpose for which said corpora 
tion is formed is the collecting and preserving 
tarts, incidents and information concerning 
forts, battles, battle fields and early settlements of 
the Maumee Valley and the Northwesl Territorj ; 
collecting and providing a place of securitj for 



preservation of all such mementoes, memorials, 
souvenirs and reminiscences of said battles, 
battle fields, settlements and persons connected 
therewith as may come into possession of it and 
be deemed valuable for preservation; receiving 
gifts, devices, bequests and trust funds and ac- 
quiring by purchase, gifts or otherwise lands 
wherewith and whereon to erect and maintain 
monuments and memorials to the memory of the 
soldiers and pioneers in said early wars and 
settlements, and providing for public and social 
meetings of the people where the facts, incidents 
and traditions connected with said wars and 
settlements may be recounted, preserved and 
handed down to succeeding generations, and to 
do and perform such other acts and things as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes and 
objects of said Association. 

In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set 
our hands this 25th day of January, A. D. 1905. 

[Signed] JAMES M. WOLCOTT, 

[Signed | D. K. HOLLENBECK, 

[Signed] JOHN L. PRAY, 

[Signed] EDGAR H. ECKERT, 

[Signed] DANIEL F. COOK. 

[Signed] CHARLES W. SHOEMAKER 

[Signed] G. H. BLAKER, 

[Signed] WM. CORLETT. 



STATE OF OHIO, / 
County of Luc as, \ ss * 

On this 25th day of January; A. D. 1902, per- 
sonally appeared before the undersigned, a No- 
tary Public within and for said County, the 
above named James M. Wolcott, D. K. Hollen- 
beck, John L. Pray, Edgar H. Eckert, Daniel F. 
Cook, Charles W. Shoemaker, George H. Blaker 
and Wm. Corlett, who each severally acknowl- 
edged the signing of the foregoing articles of 
incorporation to be his free act and deed for 
the usual purposes as therein mentioned. 



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Witness my hand and official seal the day and 
year aforesaid. 

[Seal | [Signed] J. E. WILCOX, 

Notary Public. 

STATE OF OHIO. ) 
County of Lucas, ) s ' 

I, J. M. Weier, Clerk of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas within and for the County aforesaid, 
do hereby certify that J. E. Wilcox, whose name 
is subscribed to the foregoing acknowledgment, 
is a Notary Public, was at the date thereof a No- 
tary Public in and for said County duly com- 
missioned and qualified and authorized as such 
to take said acknowledgment ; and further, that 
I am well acquainted with his hand writing and 
believe that the signature of said acknowledge- 
ment is genuine. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at To- 
ledo, Ohio, this 27th day of January, A. D. 1902. 
[Seal) (Signed| J. M. WEIER. 

By A. W. Payne, Deputy Cl'k. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,) 

State of ( >in<>, ss. 

Office of the Secretary of State. ) 

I, Lewis C. Laylin, Secretary of State of the 
State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the fore- 
going is an exemplified copy carefully com- 
pared by me with the original record now in my 
official custody as Secretary of State, and found 
to be true and correct of the Articles of Incor- 
poration of The Maumee Valley Pioneer and 
Historical Association, filed in this office on the 
29th day of January, A. D. 1902, and recorded 
in Volume 85, page 436, of the Records of In- 
corporation. 

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto sub 
scribed my name and affixed my official seal at 
Columbus the 29th day of January, A. D. 1902. 

rc^,, LEWIS C. LAYLIN. 

l fteaj J Secretary of State. 



RILES AND REGULATIONS. 

Adopted February 26, 1902, for the Govern- 
ment of the Maumee Valley Pioneer 
and Historical Association. 

ARTICLE I. 

Section I. Any person resident of the United 
States may become and remain a member of 
this Association upon the payment of one or 
more dollars and signing the copy of the Articles 
of Incorporation and thereafter paying annually 
to the Treasurer of the Association on or be- 
fore each succeeding annual meeting thereof, the 
sum of one dollar or more. The failure of any 
member for one year after the same becomes 
payable to pay said annual dues of not less than 
one dollar shall work a forfeiture of his or her 
membership in this Association. 

Section 2. Any person may become a life 
member of this Association by the payment of 
the sum of twenty dollars, and such life mem- 
ber shall thereafter be relieved from the pay- 
ment of all annual dues. 

Section 3. Every person becoming a member 
of this Association shall be entitled to and re- 
ceive a certificate of membership, duly signed 
by the President and Secretary officially. 

ARTICLE II. 

MEETINGS. 

Section 1. The annual meeting of this Asso- 
ciation shall be held at the County Court House 
in the city of Toledo, Ohio, until permanent quar- 
ters can and shall be provided in Maumee, Ohio, 
on the 22nd day of February in each year, except 
when said date falls on Sunday, in which latter 
case said meetings shall be held on the day pre- 
ceding. 



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The members present at all meetings shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Section 2. Special meetings of the Association 
may be called by the President on five days' prev- 
ious notice, by publication in one or more news- 
paper-, published in the city of Toledo, Ohio, and 
in Northwestern Ohio. 

ARTICLE III. 

TRUSTEES. 

Section i. The business of tins Association 
shall be conducted and controlled by a Board of 
nine Trustees, who shall all be members thereof 
and be elected at the annual meetings of the 
Association, or at special meetings called for that 
purpose, and shall serve without compensation. 

Section 2. Said Board of Trustees may ap- 
point an Executive Committee of not less than 
three members from its own members, who shall 
have charge of the management of the business 
and affairs of the Association between the meet- 
ings of the Trustees, and who shall at all times 
act under the direction and control of said Board. 

ARTICLE IV. 

ELECTIONS. 

Section 1. At each animal meeting of the As 
sociation there shall be elected by ballot three 
Trustees to serve for three years, except at the 
first annual meeting of the Association three 
Tru-tees shall be elected for one year, three for 
two years and three of three years, and said 
Trustees so elected shall continue in office until 
their successors are elected and qualified. 

Section _'. At all elections held by this Asso- 
ciation each member shall be entitled to one vote, 
and a majority of all votes east shall be necessary 
for a choice. 

ARTICLE V. 

OFFICERS 

Section 1. The officers of tins Association 
shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary 



and Treasurer who shall be elected annually for 
one year by said Trusteess forthwith after their 
election and shall serve without compensation, 
except when in the opinion of the Trustees the 
Secretary should be compensated for duties per- 
formed, then said compensation shall be fixed 
by said Trustees. All of said officers shall serve 
until their successors are elected and qualified. 

ARTICLE VI. 

DUTIES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the Presi- 
dent to preside at all meetings of the Association 
and of said Board of Trustees and to sign the 
records thereof, as well as all orders drawn on 
the Treasurer; and he is hereby empowered to* 
call a meeting of the Association and of the 
Board of Trustees thereof, whenever in his 
opinion the interest of the Association may re- 
quire, and in general to perform all the duties 
incident to that office. 

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Vice- 
President to perform the duties of the President 
during the absence or disability of the latter. 

ARTICLE VII. 

DUTIES OF SECRETARY. 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep 
accurate and correct records of the proceedings 
of all meetings of the Association and of the 
Board of Trustees thereof, and upon request of 
the President to issue notices required for special 
meetings ; to draw orders on the Treasurer when 
required by the Board of Trustees so to do ; to 
turn over to his successor or to the Trustees on 
demand all books, papers, material or property 
of whatsoever kind, the property of the Associa- 
tion, which may be or come into his possession 
or pertain to or be connected with his said office; 
and he shall give a bond to this Association in 
such sum and with such conditions as shall be re- 
quired by the Board of Trustees. 



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ARTICLE VIII. 

DUTIES Of TREASURER. 
It shall 1)0 the duty of the Treasurer to collect 
and receive all monies which may become t\uc 
and payable to the Association and pay out the 
same as the Trustees may direct on the order of 
the Secretary, countersigned by the President; to 
keep accurate and correct accounts of all monies 
received and paid out for the Association. lie 
shall hi' the custodian of all papers, conveyances, 
evidences of indebtedness, hook- and other prop- 
erty, the property of this Association, pertaining 
to his office and deliver the same on demand to 
his successor or to said Trustees. Before taking 
his office said Treasurer shall give a bond to the 
Association in such sum and with such condi- 
tions as shall be required and be satisfactory to 
the Board of Trustees. 

ARTICLE IX. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These rules and regulations may be amended 
at any regular meeting of the Association by a 
majority vote as in cases of elections, provided 
that in cases of special meetings notices of such 
intended action shall have been given. 



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A CLUSTER OF DATES. 



In 1680 — Traders under Fontenac estab- 
lished a Post where Ft. Miami 
now is. 
Some historians say : — 

1784 — The Post was resumed by Cadallac. 
1794 — Fort Miami was occupied by the 
British. 
Aug. 20, 1794 — Wayne defeated the Indians at 
Fallen Timber. 
In 1805 — Was an Indian treaty at Fort 
Industry. 
Aug. 16, 1812 — Hull's surrender at Detroit. 
Jan. 20, 1813 — Winchester's massacre at Monroe. 
Feb. 2, 1813 — First construction of Fort Meigs 
Apl. 27, 1813— Seige of Fort Meigs— 14 days. 
May 5, 1813 — Dudley's massacre, near Ft.Miami. 

July 26, 1813— Second seige at Fort Meigs— 
5 days. 

Aug. 2, 1813— Croghan's victory at Fort Steph- 
enson. 

Sept. 10, 1813— Perry's victory at Put-in-Bay. 

Oct. 5, 1813— The Battle of Thames, death of 
Tecumseh and the wind-up of 
the war. 



NOTES. 



At the Dudley .Massacre, when Proctor failed 
to try to withhold the savages from killing the 
prisoners, Tecumseh approached and demanded 
of Proctor why he did not stop the inhuman 




TECUMSEH. 
War 1812 15. 



slaughter. Proctor replied thai "The Indians 
can not be commanded." To which Tecumseh 
retorted, "Begone ! You are unfit to command, 
go and put on petticoats." 



May 10, 1813, at the close of the Seige of Fort 
Meigs, 45 bodies of Dudley's brave Kentuckians 
were gathered where they fell and brought over 
the river and buried on the brow of the hill, 
where they now lie. 

The main part of the Indians were moved from 
this valley to west of the Mississippi in 1833 ; 
another detachment in 1837, and a few remained 
as late as 1845. 

Wood county derived its name from gallant 
Captain Wood, commander of Harrison's Engi- 
neer Corps, at the construction of Fort Meigs. 

According to the "Toledo Blade," of July 17, 
1846, Maj. B. F. Stickney stated that the river 
was called Miami by the French pronunciation 
Me-a-mee, from which the name Maumee came- 

At the close of the Battle of Fallen Timber, 
which terminated chiefly on the flat land along 
the river below Turkey Foot Rock on the 20th of 
August, 1794, General Wayne and some of his 
4*a-rten officers rode down to and inspected Fort 
Miami, which was then garrisoned by British 
troops, under the command of Major Campbell. 
A spirited correspondence ensued, in which Mad 
Anthony aquitted himself handsomely. 

Chief Little Turtle is said to have gone Into 
the Battle of Fallen Timber with misgivings. 
History states that he said to his warriors of 
General Wayne: "Think well of it, there is 
something whispering to me it would be prudent 
to listen to his offer of peace." 



When (ien'l Harrison was ordered by Proctor, 
the British commander, to surrender Fort 
Meigs, on the 4th of May. 1N13, Harrison's 
answer t<> Major Chambers, the British mes- 
senger, was: "Assure the general that he will 
never have this fort surrendered to him upon 
any terms. Should it fall into his hands it will 
be in a manner calculated to do him more 
honor and give him larger claims upon the 
gratitude of his government than any capitula- 
tion could possibly do." 

Some historians claim that General Wayne 
established a detachment of his army at Fort 
Industry, near corner Monroe and Summit 
streets, Toledo, at the time of his campaign 
against the Indians, and placed Captain Reah 
in charge. Adjutant General Drum, U. S. 
War Department, says of it: "That there was 
a stockade constructed there about 1800, and an 
important Indian treaty was held there in 1805. 

Of the killed at Fallen Timber were Captain 
Campbell, of the Legion Cavalry; Lieutenant 
Fowler, of the Infantry, and 37 men, and Capf. 
Van Rensselaer, of the Dragoons. Captain 
Rawlins, Lieutenant McKinney, Ensign Duncan 
and about 130 men were wounded. The loss to 
i he enemy was estimated at double that number. 

Captain Wells, who so nobly helped the cause 
of the early white settlers, was killed by tin 1 
Pottawatomes at Sand Hills, near Fort Dear- 
born, Chicago, August 15, L812. 

General Anthony Wayne was born in Chester 



County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1745; com- 
manded at Ticondoraga in 1777 ; led the attack 
at Germantovvn, October 3, 1777 ; commanded at 
the Battle of Fallen Timber August 20, 1794 ; 
died at Erie, Pa., December 14, 1796. 

Indian Chief Tecumseh, who rebuked the 
British commander, Proctor, at the Dudley 
Battle Field, was killed at the Battle of the 
Thames, October 6, 1813, by Colonel Richard M. 
Johnson, of Kentucky. 

General Harrison's offiical report of the killed 
in the campaign of May, 1813, says : "Aside from 
Dudley's men, there were killed 81, wounded 
189, and that there were 17 killed and 65 wounded 
within the fortification." 

The graves of Lieutenants McCullough and 
Walker can yet be pointed out within the limits 
of the fort. 

The second siege of Fort Meigs was opened on 
July 10, 1813, by Proctor and Tecumseh. Gen'l 
Green Clay was in command of the fort. A well 
planned sham battle was worked to draw Gen'l 
Clay out of the fort, but it failed, and at the end 
of eight days the enemy again withdrew. 



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